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Our album of the year, “We Got it From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service” was the ultimate comeback record, released by A Tribe Called Quest 18 years after their previous LP, “The Love Movement,” hit the shelves. 2016 saw an unusual amount of dormant artists rise from the ashes to release new albums. Here are a few

A Tribe Called Quest — “We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service” By Adrian Mark Lore Suffice it to say that 2016 was a turbulent year, both domestically and internationally. For the music industry, it was a year of sad departures — the death of legends like David Bowie and Leonard Cohen— as well

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As the horns kick in atop rolling drums, a scratchy, bright voice cheers “Let’s get it!” The downbeat hits like a wedding DJ dropping the needle on the first track of the night. The fanfare heralds the union between singer Anderson .Paak and producer Knxwledge, the duo known as NxWorries. The song is “Livvin,”

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Anderson .Paak knows his fame has been a long time coming. Though the California native has been recording with various pseudonyms and groups since 2009, he exploded onto a new level of fame this summer when he appeared on six tracks from Dr. Dre’s long-awaited third album “Compton.” Such a hefty co-sign from the gangsta